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Old 05-27-2019, 12:51 PM   #398
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Saturday, June 29, Year II

Portland Beavers (50-29 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Kansas City Royals (41-37 .526 5.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL East)

POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 3-0 2.53) Rookie vs. KC: Don Finley (27-R 5-4 3.34)

Finely is their #1 starter. We beat him the only time we faced him, but only scored 2 runs in 6 innings.

Grigg won his last start and only gave up 3 runs in 7.2 IP, but allowed 7 H, 2 HR and 4 BB.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-179-4-15-.712) Rookie
2: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .220-236-5-20-.631) WS MVP
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .378-74-5-17-1.092) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .260-292-12-38-.756)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .269-197-8-21-.757) Rookie
6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .259-197-4-15-.695)
7: C Phil Parker (28-S .304-23-0-3-.751)
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .190-158-4-24-.553) Gold Glove
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .200-15-0-1-.435) Rookie

KANSAS CITY
1: SS Alejandro Prieto (27-S .326-301-9-29-.882)
2: RF Roberto Gil (27-L .300-120-6-28-.812)
3: CF Randy Schmitt (26-L .334-311-16-50-.959) PCL RoY All-Star
4: LF Ricky Rodriguez (31-R .292-113-4-25-.849) All-Star Gold Glove
5: 3B Tony Olson (38-L .261-272-10-26-.754)
6: 1B Pedro Fuentes (31-R .256-250-7-40-.701) All-Star Gold Glove
7: 2B John Brockman (31-L .273-110-1-10-.759)
8: C Jose Muniz (28-R .210-224-6-23-.621)
9: P Don Finley (27-R .111-36-1-2-.326)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: 77 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to center.
Attendance: 32,054

Top of the First:

Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Bob Draper up and Schottler steals 2nd. Draper doubles to right center and Schottler scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin flies out to left. Tony Casarez strikes out looking.

Bottom of the First:

Alejandro Prieto grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Roberto Gil strikes out. Randy Schmitt grounds out to 2nd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Second:

Ricky Rodriguez leads off with a home run to left center... Tie game: 1 to 1.

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Alejandro Prieto singles to right and goes to 3rd on a hit by Roberto Gil and scores on a passed ball... 2 to 1, Royals.

Bottom of the Fourth:
P Bob Grigg strikes out the first two batters, but then walks Jose Muniz. He calls out Pepe, the trainer, and has to leave the game... New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). He strikes out P Don Finley.

Bottom of the Sixth:

With 1 out, Tony Olson hits one 438 feet to left center... 3 to 1, Royals.

Top of the Seventh:
After going down in order for 3 straight innings, we get something going when Tony Casarez and Dave Lesley both draw walks. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) singles to center and Casarez heads home and beats the throw! 3 to 2, Royals. Eddie Thomas, who we cannot pinch-hit for because Paul Bouvet needs the day off, grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. PH Tom Borden (30-L) is sent up and Thomas steals 2nd. Borden grounds out to the pitcher and the runners have to hold.... 2 outs. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short...

Top of the Eighth:
We are back to going down in order...

Top of the Ninth:

Tony Casarez works the count full and then sends one deep to right, but it is caught short of the warning track. Dave Lesley works the count full, also, and then lines a hit to center. New Pitcher: Jack Rose (30-R), their closer. C Tod Schreck (31-) also works the count full, but strikes out. 2 out. Eddie Thomas up.... he flies out to center.

Lost - 3 to 2

We had 5 hits and made 1 error
Kansas City had 5 hits and made no errors

Bob Grigg (L 3-1) went 3.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 4.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 home run and struck out 2.
RHP Barry Chapman went 2 perfect innings and struck out 2.

Don Finley (W 6-4) went 8.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Jack Rose (SV 16) faced 2 batters (if you want to call them that) and got them both out with 1 strikeout.

RF Bob Draper hit a double, drew a walk and had an RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit and an RBI.

Pepe says P Bob Grigg only has a blister on his finger and should not miss his next start.
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